Lauren Rothman

The work starts when I put my whites on. The long coat and apron are required by the federal health inspector, who shows up daily. I’m surrounded by the

When Mary Dougherty first heard of the plan to build a 26,000-hog concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) in her home of Bayfield, Wisconsin, she

The American food system relies heavily on industrial animal agriculture. Thousands or tens of thousands of animals packed into one place have been justified by the industry as a w...

Last August, members of Animals’ Angels drove behind a transport truck for 1,113 miles from Minnesota to New Mexico. Commissioned by the Animal Welfare

The thing that Kendra Kimbirauskas hadn’t expected were the trucks.  As a small farmer who formerly worked with communities to resist large corporate

Interview collected and edited by Kelsey Betz Umi Jenkins Director of Mississippi Farm to School Network Our work is centered a lot around young people in

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Interview collected and edited by Kelsey Betz Ya-Sin Shabazz Gulf Coast Sustainable Growers Alliance We started the Gulf Coast Sustainable Growers

Next time you're preparing ground meat, consider soaking it in heavy cream for a flavorful upgrade.

In early fall, Oaxaca’s landscapes are a study in green. Walking through the city’s colonial center, tall trees’ crowns explode in verdant glory, while vistas in the countryside are even more impressive, boasting an array of variegated grasses, deeply colored agaves, and, of course, stalk upon stalk of corn, heavy with plenty of ears of the country’s most prized aliment.